Jun 21, 1995

PACCAR Inc.

Ron Morton has been promoted to senior vice president of PACCAR Inc. and will be responsible for the company's domestic and international finance companies including PACCAR Leasing Corporation. Morton will also continue as president of PACCAR Financial Corporation (PFC). Morton joined the company in 1988 as president of PFC. Prior to that he served as president of the Equipment Finance Group of Heller Financial Inc. and held several senior financial positions with Chase/Clark Credit Company. Supermall of the Great Northwest Supermall of the Great Northwest, a new mall located midway between Seattle and Tacoma which is scheduled to open on August 25, has hired Diane Bien as advertising sales manager. Bien's background includes work as an account executive with K106 Radio, and extensive sales and advertising experience with Northwest Cable Advertising and Pacific Communications (PACCOM), where she was the 1989 Employee of the Year.

StatSci

MathSoft's StatSci division, in charge of marketing and supporting S-PLUS, a version of AT&T "S" interactive data analysis and object-oriented programming language, has hired Patrick Rooney as director of marketing. Rooney was previously director of database marketing for The Walter Karl Companies, a direct marketing computer service bureau and list brokerage firm. Prior to that, he was vice president of marketing at statistical software company Statistical Innovations, and was a senior consultant with David Shepard Associates.

Satsop Power Plant

From June 17 through August 27, the Satsop power plant site in Grays Harbour County will offer tours on Fridays at 10 a.m., and on Saturdays at 10 a.m., and 12:30 p.m. Weekday tours will be restricted to groups of five or more with reservations. The 90-minute tour route includes major features of the 76 percent complete nuclear power plant and involve extensive stair climbing. For more information, call the Satsop Power Plant Information Office at (360) 482-4428, extension 5052.

Jun 19, 1995

Herring/Newman

Seattle-based marketing and advertising agency Herring/Newman has hired Louise Guryan as its director of media services. Guryan most recently headed-up Foote Cone & Belding's integrated marketing services. She also supervised the agency's technology group media department. Prior to that, she was media director for FC&B Direct/San Francisco.

Cole & Weber

Ron Hawkins has joined the Seattle office of advertising agency Cole & Weber to take over the creative department. Hawkins comes from Ogilvy & Mather in Chicago where he held the post of group creative director. He has also worked as creative director for Leo Burnett and the Chicago office of Hal Riney & Partners. Adweek has named Hawkins the best TV writer in the Midwest and Communication Arts has featured his work on several occasions.

Pacific Northwest Bank

Six-year-old Pacific Northwest Bank has announced it will be opening a Snohomish County Financial Center in late July. The bank has purchased and is currently refurbishing the former U.S. Bank branch at 64th and 196th street S.W. in Lynnwood. The new branch will provide the same style and range of banking services as its Seattle and Bellevue counterparts, and will be managed by long-time banker Joseph J. Rees.

Metropolitan King County Council

The Metropolitan County Council's Utilities and Natural Resources Committee this month will hold four workshops/public hearings on the 1995 Executive Proposed King County Park, Recreation, and Open Space Plan. The proposed plan is designed to enhance the county's role as a regional provider of parks and recreational facilities by preserving open space corridors, while working with cities to develop plans for transfer of ownership of the 112 parks and 14 pools that are located within city limits. Local suburban city mayors and council members have been invited to participate in these meetings. The workshops and public hearings are scheduled as follows: today in Bothell's Ricketts Building; June 21, Kent Senior Center; June 22, Bellevue City Hall; and June 29, Burien City Hall.

State Commission on Hispanic Affairs

OLYMPIA (AP) -- Gov. Mike Lowry has appointed an Oregon official, Roberto Reyes-Colon, as director of the state Commission on Hispanic Affairs. Reyes-Colon, a native of Puerto Rico, has been program coordinator for Oregon's Immigration Coordinating Committee since 1989. Before that, he worked for U.S. Rep. Les AuCoin, D-Ore., and for the Portland Human Relations Commission. Reyes-Colon was the favored nominee of the 11-member commission. He succeeds three-year director Jerry Martinez, who was a finalist for reappointment. The job pays $48,075 a year.